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| Thread ID: 75164 | 2006-12-18 21:43:00 | Can one use ADSL at diff areas? | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 507800 | 2006-12-18 21:43:00 | Hey, let's say you have ADSL, can one use that at one location, move to diff house or family or friend's place, can you still login or are the locations fixed? Thanks. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 507801 | 2006-12-18 21:56:00 | ADSL is put on your phone line. YOUR phone line, specifically at your house. You could use your PC at someone elses house if they had ADSL as well, you would just be connected to their router and ADSL connection. Using their username etc. You could take your router and use it but only if that house had ADSL with the same ISP as you. It won't allow your username and password in the router to connect on ADSL provided by another different ISP. If they don't have ADSL then no you can't. What they do, is assign you your username to an ADSL plan, send a tech out to the exchange, unhook your wire attached to your ph number, reroute it via some extra equipment and hook it back up again. So if you move house and get a different phone number, the ADSL has to be done all over again at the new exchange. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 507802 | 2006-12-18 22:32:00 | ADSL is put on your phone line. YOUR phone line, specifically at your house. You could use your PC at someone elses house if they had ADSL as well, you would just be connected to their router and ADSL connection. Using their username etc. You could take your router and use it but only if that house had ADSL with the same ISP as you. It won't allow your username and password in the router to connect on ADSL provided by another different ISP. If they don't have ADSL then no you can't. What they do, is assign you your username to an ADSL plan, send a tech out to the exchange, unhook your wire attached to your ph number, reroute it via some extra equipment and hook it back up again. So if you move house and get a different phone number, the ADSL has to be done all over again at the new exchange. Most of what you say is correct, it may vary from exchange to exchange but I am able to connect to my acc with XTRA & my friends IHUG acc using the same modem/router just by changing the login details,etc. So as far as I'm concerned if ADSL is active on the line I can connect to XTRA or IHUG, I haven't tried other ISPs. I was very surprised I could do this as I was under the same impression as you, but in some ways it makes sense but it makes a scam of the churn fee some ISPs charge for changing ISPs. Mileage may vary, I would interested to know if others can do the same.... |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 507803 | 2006-12-18 22:54:00 | We have ihug ADSL here at work and I can't connect to any other ISP so I would agree with pctek. I used to be able to do it but for about a year now it hasn't worked. It was good to be able to test other peoples settings and or their router here at work but can't do it anymore. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 507804 | 2006-12-19 01:00:00 | I am able to connect to my acc with XTRA & my friends IHUG acc using the same modem/router just by changing the login details,etc . Well yes obviously if you change the username and password in the router you can . I meant with the original one . See . . . . you have a username ie: XXX@xtra . co . nz or xxx@ihug . co . nz Naturally if you try the xtra one on an Ihug line it won't authenticate and vice versa . Thats what I was getting at . . . its common sense . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 507805 | 2006-12-19 01:02:00 | Well, not so fast there PCTEK, i had to setup my cousin at there house. As they had previous xtra a/c and didnt know the pw, it had to be reset and would take several days blah blah. Anyway, i noticed that adsl was enabled on the line, so input my username and pw and presso!.... The interesting thing about it all was that the data usage went to his a/c, not mine...so when he finally go his username sorted, he found out he had used all his cap and was then on dial-up speed for the rest of the month....LOL, I laughed so hard..... So...the upshot, is.....you can use someone esle's cap at there place (ph number) using your own username/pw |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 507806 | 2006-12-19 01:27:00 | I'll have to test it again. Maybe it has changed again. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 507807 | 2006-12-19 01:31:00 | Well just tested it here at work and it doesn't work. We are with ihug at work and I put in my Xnet username and password but the router won't connect. It may be different if you try this on an ADSL line that was setup for an Xtra customer. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 507808 | 2006-12-19 03:19:00 | We are with ihug at work and I put in my Xnet username and password but the router won't connect. In this situation you can use your PC with their router which is set up with the Ihug username etc. Or use your own router with an Ihug username and passwrod. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 507809 | 2006-12-19 04:01:00 | I had someone's PC and modem here the other day and couldn't connect to their Slingshot account so I put my Ihug username and password on their modem and it worked . Disconnected then put their username and password back on and it then connected . The weird thing is that it wasn't actually connected to Slingshot but was still connected to my Ihug account . :waughh: I still haven't been able to figure that one out . :rolleyes: |
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